Araki, Tokyo

Akihiko Araki, Tokyo JP

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20120166723

STORAGE SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD OF CONTROL INFORMATION THEREIN - An embodiment of this invention divides a cache memory of a storage system into a plurality of partitions and information in one or more of the partitions is composed of data different from user data and including control information. The storage system dynamically swaps data between an LU storing control information and a cache partition. Through this configuration, in a storage system having an upper limit in the capacity of the cache memory, a large amount of control information can be used while access performance to control information is kept.

06-28-2012

Ato Araki, Tokyo JP

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20120314237

PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a controller; and an engine including a first printing unit and a second printing unit. Each of the first and second printing units includes a data management unit configured to manage a piece of image data transferred from an upper level apparatus, one or more output units, and an output control unit configured to output an image based on the piece of image data to one of the one or more output units. The controller is configured to receive control information indicating a printing condition from the upper level apparatus, produce print management tables for the respective pieces of image data, on the basis of the control information, cause the upper level apparatus to transfer the pieces of image data to the data management units on the basis of the print management tables, respectively.

12-13-2012

20130070262

PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING DEVICE - A printing device includes a plurality of holding units connected to an upper level device for generating image data, via a plurality of first transfer paths, respectively; a control unit configured to divide the image data into a plurality of blocks and transfer division pieces of image data corresponding respectively to the blocks to the respective holding units via the first transfer paths to cause the holding units to hold the division pieces of image data, the number of blocks being equal to the number of holding units; and a printing unit configured to print the division pieces of image data read out from the holding units on a same page.

03-21-2013

20130188205

PRINTING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In a printer controller, an obtaining unit automatically obtains the configuration of each station. Based on the obtaining result of the obtaining unit, a table creating unit creates a table of setting information for each data control unit as well as creates a table of setting information for an image output control unit; and sends the table of the setting information for the data control unit to the data control units and sends the table of the settings information for the image output control unit to the image output control unit.

07-25-2013

20130188206

PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes one or more print execution units each including a plurality of storage units configured to receive and storage pieces of image data transferred from a higher level apparatus via a first transfer path, respectively, a plurality of image forming units configured to form an image on a print medium in accordance with the pieces of image data stored in the storage units, and a selection unit configured to select a path for transferring a piece of image data stored in the storage units for each of the image forming units; and a print control unit configured to control the print execution units to print the image data in accordance with control information transferred from the higher level apparatus via a second transfer path. The selection unit selects the path in accordance with configuration information indicating configuration of all of the one or more print execution units.

07-25-2013

Eiji Araki, Tokyo JP

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20080250816

Optical fiber, optical fiber connecting method, and optical connector - An optical fiber which, at an optical fiber connecting end having a plurality of voids around the periphery of a core, has a light-permeable substance, such as a resin or glass whose refractive index is lower than that of quartz type substances, filled in the voids adjacent to the connecting end. An optical fiber connecting section where an optical fiber having a plurality of voids in a clad around the periphery of a core is connected to another optical fiber, wherein the optical fiber is connected end-to-end to aforesaid another optical fiber through a refractive index matching agent whose refractive index at the minimum temperature in actual use is lower than that of the core.

10-16-2008

20080253726

Optical fiber, optical fiber connecting method, and optical connector - An optical fiber which, at an optical fiber connecting end having a plurality of voids around the periphery of a core, has a light-permeable substance, such as a resin or glass whose refractive index is lower than that of quartz type substances, filled in the voids adjacent to the connecting end. An optical fiber connecting section where an optical fiber having a plurality of voids in a clad around the periphery of a core is connected to another optical fiber, wherein the optical fiber is connected end-to-end to aforesaid another optical fiber through a refractive index matching agent whose refractive index at the minimum temperature in actual use is lower than that of the core.

10-16-2008

Hiroei Araki, Tokyo JP

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20130015879

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEAANM ARAKI; HiroeiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP ARAKI; Hiroei Tokyo JP - A device includes an output circuit including a plurality of unit buffers, each of the unit buffers having an adjustable impedance; a controller circuit operable to selectively activate at least one of the unit buffers; and an impedance adjustment part operable to adjust the impedance of each of the unit buffers in response to a change of the number of the unit buffers that are selectively activated by the controller circuit.

VEHICLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A vehicle communication device for using a plurality of applications in an inter-vehicle communication, and performing a control to avoid congestion of its own vehicle and other vehicles. The vehicle communication device includes a plurality of application units performing the inter-vehicle communication, a lower protocol unit transmitting and receiving data between vehicles, and a middleware unit intervening between the application units and the lower protocol unit. The middleware unit includes a transfer service processing unit, a communication control service unit, and a transmission/reception control processing unit. The communication control service unit controls a congestion avoiding process of its own vehicle and other vehicles based on application priority received for each of the application units, priority for each vehicle, and channel usage rate obtained from the lower protocol unit.

02-25-2010

20100141382

REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CAR-MOUNTED DEVICE - A remote control system for a car-mounted device capable of realizing communication performance required for a keyless function and communication performance required for a smart function while suppressing increase in circuit scale. The remote control system includes a portable unit and an in-car unit. The portable unit includes: a function judgment mechanism judging whether the keyless function or the smart function is used; an amplification mechanism controlling transmission power in response to a result of judgment obtained at the function judgment mechanism; and a system clock generator controlling a transmission band in response to a result of judgment obtained at the function judgment part. The in-car unit includes: an in-car function judgment mechanism judging whether the keyless function or the smart function is used; and in-car system clock generator controlling a receiving band in response to a result of judgment obtained at the in-car function judgment mechanism.

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT APPARATUS CAPABLE OF ACCURATELY MEASURING VELOCITY OF MOVING OBJECT RELATIVE TO GROUND SURFACE - A velocity measurement apparatus comprising: first and second surface profile sensors for acquiring first and second surface profile data, a memory for storing the first and second surface profile data, and a calculation unit for calculating a velocity of a moving object. Each surface profile sensors acquires the corresponding surface profile data by measuring signal levels of reflected waves corresponding to a radio wave emitted to a ground surface and then reflected from structures on the ground surface, and measuring propagation durations from the emission of the radio wave to the return of the respective reflected waves. The calculation unit compares the first and second surface profile data, determines a difference between their measurement times, and divides a distance between the first and second surface profile sensors by the difference between the measurement times to calculate the velocity of the moving object.

05-31-2012

20140101432

Detection of Component Operating State by Computer - A mechanism is provided for detecting an operating state of a component. A CLI command is transmitted via a command line interface to the component. An output character string is received responsive to the CLI command. A set of significant character substrings is dissected from the output character string, where each significant character substring comprises a label character string indicating a meaning of the output character string and a data character string expressing data of the output character string. A regular expression corresponding to each significant character substring is set thereby forming a set of regular expressions. A difference is calculated between each of the set regular expressions and each significant character substring corresponding to the regular expression as a character string distance. Each calculated character string distance is compared to a corresponding predetermined threshold and the operating state of the component is output based on results of the comparison.

04-10-2014

20140149899

METHOD FOR DISPLAYING OPERATION STATES OF MODULES INCLUDED IN COMPUTER SYSTEM - A method for obtaining and displaying operation states of a plurality of modules of a system. The operation state of one module that is carrying out a current function is acquired along with the operation states of a module set that is being used by the one module in carrying out its current function, wherein the module set may itself include a plurality of individual modules. Thereby, the latest operation states of the one module and its module set are acquired without inquiring of the operating state of each individual module that makes up the one module and its module set. Thus, the latest operation states of the individual modules included in the system can be displayed without imposing extra loads on the modules, i.e., without imposing extra negative influence on the current function being carried out, and/or on essential operations of the system.

05-29-2014

20140188797

USING ACCESS COUNT OF THE REMOTE SITE TO OPTIMIZE FILE TRANSFER ORDER FOR ASYNCHRONOUS REPLICATION - According to one embodiment, a method for determining a transfer order of files includes acquiring the access count of a replicated file at a production site and at a remote site, these access counts being reflected in the order for asynchronous replication. In addition, the access count of backed up files at the remote site is also acquired and reflected in the order for asynchronous replication according to another embodiment. This allows for improved determination of the transmission order of files (according to priority based on usage) from a production site to a remote site in an asynchronous replication function.

07-03-2014

Patent applications by Hiroshi Araki, Tokyo JP

Jungo Araki, Tokyo JP

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20120322046

METHOD FOR DETECTING CELL AND CELL DETECTING SYSTEM - The detection of rare cells can be achieved with high efficiency, without deteriorating the sensitivity of the detection. A detection method which enables the above-mentioned detection comprises: a first step of carrying out a pretreatment for removing erythrocytes from blood to prepare a cell suspension containing leukocytes and rare cells; a second step of providing all of the cells contained in the cell suspension produced in the first step onto an observation area having multiple holes formed thereon; a third step of taking an optical image of the cells that have been provided on the observation area; and a forth step of detecting the rare cells from the image obtained by the image taking in the third step.

12-20-2012

Junichi Araki, Tokyo JP

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20090047943

NETWORK MONITORING METHOD, NETWORK MONITORING APPARATUS, LINE FAILURE PREVENTION SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM OF NETWORK MONITORING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a network monitoring method including: a predicted amount of rainfall obtaining step of obtaining a predicted amount of rainfall generated in a predetermined time in a current line route; a prediction step of predicting whether or not a line failure occurs in the current line route caused by the predicted amount of rainfall assuming it rains actually in the current line route with an amount of rainfall substantially equivalent to the predicted amount of rainfall in the predetermined time in the current line route; and a change instruction step of instructing the radio communication network to change the current line route into a different line route on which it is predicted that no line failure caused by rainfall occurs and to control the radio communication network to change the current line route into the different line route, before the predetermined time passes.

02-19-2009

Junya Araki, Tokyo JP

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20090245384

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a partial decoding block configured to generate picture data by partially decoding a reversibly encoded picture code stream; an irreversible encoding block configured to encode irreversibly the picture data generated by the partial decoding block; and a control section configured to control the partial decoding block to determine the picture code stream part to be decoded in such a manner that a target compression rate of the picture data generated by the partial decoding block constitutes the compression rate corresponding to a target code quantity for the irreversible encoding block.

10-01-2009

20090245668

PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An apparatus and a method for compressing a picture by wavelet transform and entropy coding, in which the processing load of arithmetic coding may be relieved and rate control may be carried out effectively, while still maintaining the picture quality. An encoding object prediction unit predicts bitplanes to be encoded and extracts only those bitplanes which are to be encoded. An EBCOT unit generates an encoding pass from one bitplane to be encoded to another to execute arithmetic coding. In controlling the code volume to a target code volume, a rate controller sums the arithmetic codes in a sequence from the arithmetic code with the highest bit position in the totality of the code blocks of an input picture to the arithmetic code of the lowermost bit, from one bitplane to another or from one encoding pass to another, and halts the summation when the predetermined target code volume is exceeded.

10-01-2009

20100092097

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is an information processing device including a bitplane expanding section, a coding section, a selecting section, and a selection controlling section. The bitplane expanding section expands image data into bitplanes as sets of bits at identical places in each unit of a predetermined number of pieces of data each having a bit depth of a plurality of bits. The coding section codes the image data expanded by the bitplane expanding section in each the bitplane in predetermined order. The selecting section selects compressed data and non-compressed data as a result of coding of the image data. The selection controlling section controls the coding section to stop a coding process and selecting the non-compressed data for a bitplane situated at a position subsequent to a bitplane for which the non-compressed data is selected by the selecting section in the predetermined order.

04-15-2010

20100166053

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an information processing device and method, program, and communication system, whereby encoded data can be transmitted with low delay. A data control unit

07-01-2010

20100254460

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes: a synthesis filter unit configured to execute synthesis filtering for coefficient data of each subband, obtained by decoding a code stream of a reversibly-encoded image and performing band division, in each predetermined number of lines or in each predetermined block to obtain baseband image data on a line basis; a storage unit configured to store the baseband image data obtained by the synthesis filter unit; an analysis filter unit configured to read the baseband image data stored in the storage unit and execute analysis filtering for the image data to divide the image data up to a predetermined division level; and a control unit configured to control the analysis filter unit to execute analysis filtering as soon as the amount of the baseband image data stored in the storage unit reaches a data amount allowing analysis filtering.

10-07-2010

Patent applications by Junya Araki, Tokyo JP

Katsufumi Araki, Tokyo JP

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20090157453

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS SUPPORTING SYSTEM AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS SUPPORTING METHOD - Wasteful repetitive tasks are easily reduced in processes to develop complex products. A product development process support system is a system which analyzes dependencies between a plurality of requirements in product development processes belonging to a plurality of layers, and comprises an input reception portion for receiving input of information indicating the dependency between two requirements belonging to adjacent layers and of information indicating the degree of influence of requirements on product development, and dependency derivation portion for deriving the dependency between two arbitrary requirements belonging to the same layer from information indicating the dependencies between the two requirements in question and other requirements received by the input reception portion and from information indicating the degree of influence of the two requirements in question, based on dependency derivation rules established in advance.

06-18-2009

20120239446

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS SUPPORTING SYSTEM AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS SUPPORTING METHOD - Wasteful repetitive tasks are easily reduced in processes to develop complex products. A product development process support system is a system which analyzes dependencies between a plurality of requirements in product development processes belonging to a plurality of layers, and comprises an input reception portion for receiving input of information indicating the dependency between two requirements belonging to adjacent layers and of information indicating the degree of influence of requirements on product development, and dependency derivation portion for deriving the dependency between two arbitrary requirements belonging to the same layer from information indicating the dependencies between the two requirements in question and other requirements received by the input reception portion and from information indicating the degree of influence of the two requirements in question, based on dependency derivation rules established in advance.

09-20-2012

Katsuhiko Araki, Tokyo JP

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20090172467

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes: a nonvolatile memory that has a start block for storing a boot program and a spare block for storing a spare of the boot program; and a system controller that reads out the boot program from the start block and executes start-up process in accordance with the boot program, the system controller exclusively performs error correction and detection on the nonvolatile memory, wherein when the boot program is read out from the start block and a read error that cannot be corrected based on an error correction code occurs, the system controller performs recovery process for recovering the start block using the spare of the boot program stored in the spare block.

07-02-2009

Keiichi Araki, Tokyo JP

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20110094827

HEAT-CONDUCTIVE NOISE SUPPRESSION SHEET - A heat-conductive noise suppression sheet according to an embodiment includes first ferrite particles, second ferrite particles, a heat-conducting material, and a matrix material. The first ferrite particles are spherical particles having an average particle diameter in the range of 50 μm to 150 μm, the content of the first ferrite particles with respect to the total amount of solid components being in the range of 5 vol % to 25 vol %. The second ferrite particles are irregularly shaped particles having an average particle diameter in the range of 50 μm or less, the content of the second ferrite particles with respect the total amount of solid components being in the range of 5 vol % to 45 vol %.

04-28-2011

Kenji Araki, Tokyo JP

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20100294412

PNEUMATIC TIRE - Provided is a pneumatic tire which is provided with a turbulent flow generation projection for generating a turbulent flow at least in a portion of a surface of the tire and has an outer diameter of not less than 2 m The turbulent flow generation projection extends linearly or curvilinearly along a tire radial direction. A relationship of h=√{1/(V/R)}×coefficient κ is satisfied where “h” is a projection height (mm) from the surface of the tire to a most protruded position of the turbulent flow generation projection, “V” is a speed of a vehicle (km/h), “R” is a tire outer diameter (m), provided that coefficient κ=27.0 to 29.5.

11-25-2010

Kiyomichi Araki, Tokyo JP

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20120230452

WIRELESS RECEIVING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a wireless receiving apparatus, whereby inter-antenna interference can be reduced without inducing an increase of a mounting area due to an increase of the number of antennas, and the number of RFIC input terminals, circuit scale and power consumption can be reduced. In the wireless receiving apparatus (

09-13-2012

Kunihiko Araki, Tokyo JP

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20120099397

ULTRASONIC DETECTION DEVICE - An ultrasonic detection device is constructed in such a way as to include a discriminating processing unit (a time width detecting part

04-26-2012

Makoto Araki, Tokyo JP

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20080266551

Multiphoton-excitation laser scanning microscope - A multiphoton-excitation laser scanning microscope capable of efficiently collecting fluorescence emitted from a specimen to acquire a brighter multiphoton-excitation fluorescence image is provided. This multiphoton-excitation laser scanning microscope includes a multiphoton-excitation laser light source for emitting ultrashort pulsed laser light, a light-scanning unit configured to scan a specimen with the ultrashort pulsed laser light emitted from the multiphoton-excitation laser light source in two dimensions, an objective lens configured to focus the ultrashort pulsed laser light scanned by the light-scanning unit on the specimen, a collector lens disposed opposite the objective lens, with the light-scanning unit disposed therebetween, to collect fluorescence emitted from the specimen, and a light detector configured to detect the fluorescence collected by the collector lens. The collector lens has a higher numerical aperture and a larger field number than the objective lens.

10-30-2008

20090200680

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A memory card has a wiring board, four memory chips stacked on a main surface of the wiring board, and a controller chip and an interposer mounted on a surface of the memory chip of the uppermost layer. The memory chips are stacked on the surface of the wiring board so that their long sides are directed in the same direction as that of the long side of the wiring board. The memory chip of the lowermost layer is mounted on the wiring board in a dislocated manner by a predetermined distance in a direction toward a front end of the memory card so as not to overlap the pads of the wiring board. The three memory chips stacked on the memory chip of the lowermost layer are disposed so that their short sides on which pads are formed are located at the front end of the memory card.

08-13-2009

20090230541

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A semiconductor device in which a chip is embedded in a wiring board and bump electrodes formed over the front surface of the semiconductor chip are flip-chip coupled to wiring formed in the wiring board and the entire back surface of the semiconductor chip functions well as a back electrode and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device. A semiconductor chip is embedded inside a wiring board. The semiconductor chip is flip-chip coupled (face down) to a base substrate as the core layer of the wiring board through bump electrodes. A conductive film is formed over the semiconductor chip's surface reverse to the surface over which bump electrodes are formed. The conductive film functions as a back electrode which supplies a reference voltage to the integrated circuit in the semiconductor chip. The conductive film is electrically coupled to third-layer wiring through vias.

09-17-2009

20110096393

MICROSCOPE CONNECTING UNIT AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - Three or more devices can be connected to a microscope and can be used simultaneously. Provided is a microscope connecting unit including a microscope connection port that is connected to a microscope used to observe a sample; three or more unit connection ports to which a stimulating unit that irradiates the sample with light or a confocal observation unit or an image capturing unit that detects light generated at the sample is connectable; and two or more light-path combining units that are disposed between the microscope connecting port and the unit connection ports and that combine light paths optically connecting the microscope with the confocal observation unit, the stimulating unit, and the image capturing unit.

04-28-2011

20110233788

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A memory card has a wiring board, four memory chips stacked on a main surface of the wiring board, and a controller chip and an interposer mounted on a surface of the memory chip of the uppermost layer. The memory chips are stacked on the surface of the wiring board so that their long sides are directed in the same direction as that of the long side of the wiring board. The memory chip of the lowermost layer is mounted on the wiring board in a dislocated manner by a predetermined distance in a direction toward a front end of the memory card so as not to overlap the pads of the wiring board. The three memory chips stacked on the memory chip of the lowermost layer are disposed so that their short sides on which pads are formed are located at the front end of the memory card.

09-29-2011

20130069249

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A memory card has a wiring board, four memory chips stacked on a main surface of the wiring board, and a controller chip and an interposer mounted on a surface of the memory chip of the uppermost layer. The memory chips are stacked on the surface of the wiring board so that their long sides are directed in the same direction as that of the long side of the wiring board. The memory chip of the lowermost layer is mounted on the wiring board in a dislocated manner by a predetermined distance in a direction toward a front end of the memory card so as not to overlap the pads of the wiring board. The three memory chips stacked on the memory chip of the lowermost layer are disposed so that their short sides on which pads are formed are located at the front end of the memory card.

03-21-2013

20140347809

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A memory card has a wiring board, four memory chips stacked on a main surface of the wiring board, and a controller chip and an interposer mounted on a surface of the memory chip of the uppermost layer. The memory chips are stacked on the surface of the wiring board so that their long sides are directed in the same direction as that of the long side of the wiring board. The memory chip of the lowermost layer is mounted on the wiring board in a dislocated manner by a predetermined distance in a direction toward a front end of the memory card so as not to overlap the pads of the wiring board. The three memory chips stacked on the memory chip of the lowermost layer are disposed so that their short sides on which pads are formed are located at the front end of the memory card.

SHAFT SEAL MECHANISM - An inner wall surface of a low-pressure-side side plate opposite to a lateral surface of a thin plats is formed along a direction crossing an axial direction of a rotating shaft such that a gap between the inner wall surface and the thin plate gradually decreases from a radially inner side toward a radially outer side of the low-pressure-side side plate.

SEAL MEMBER, TURBINE, AND GAS TURBINE - In a seal member, a turbine, and a gas turbine, a plurality of vanes includes a vane main body extending in a radial direction of an axis, an outer shroud, an inner shroud and forming a main flow path of a combustion gas between the outer shrouds and the inner shroud, and a retainer protruding from an inner surface in the radial direction of the inner shroud to the inside in the radial direction. The retainers in the vanes, which are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction, are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction via a third gap, and relative to one end of the seal member, the other end is positioned downstream in a direction along the axis in the combustion gas to close the third gap.

01-29-2015

Masaya Araki, Tokyo JP

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20100305513

SYRINGE AND SYRINGE BARREL - To provide a syringe barrel and a syringe capable of allowing an operator to feel the amount of injected medical solution or the inserting distance of a piston by a difference in sliding resistance when an injection operation is performed. A syringe

12-02-2010

Mikio Araki, Tokyo JP

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20100283720

LED BACKLIGHT DRIVE - An LED backlight drive for driving an LED backlight having a plurality of LED lines L

Minoru Araki, Tokyo JP

CHAIN SAW - A chain saw an operator can easily strain a saw chain is provided. In the chain saw

07-28-2011

Noboru Araki, Tokyo JP

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20100308969

Displacement Detector, Displacement Detection Apparatus, Displacement Detection System, Loosening Detector, Loosening Detection Apparatus, and Loosening Detection System - The present invention provides a displacement detector for a relative displacement of a fixed member and a movable member, which includes a first member and a second member. The first member is secured to the fixed member and composed of an insulator. The second member moves relative to the fixed member, integrally with the movable member. The second member is disposed opposite to the first member. The second member is composed of an insulator. Either of the first member and the second member includes an IC tag for detection performing non-contact communication, and the other includes a blocking member composed of a conductor blocking the communication performed by the IC tag. When the second member moves a predetermined amount relative to the first member, starting from an initial state, the IC tag for detection moves from inside to outside a region of the blocking member or vice versa.

TRIAZOLE COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF - In order to provide a compound that shows a strong effect on controlling a plant disease, a triazole compound of the present invention (i) is a compound in which —OH group, —R

AZOLE DERIVATIVE AND USES THEREOF - In order to provide a compound which exhibits a high controlling effect against plant diseases and is able to reduce phytotoxicity, the present invention is a triazole derivative represented by General Formula (I), the azole derivative being a (−)-enantiomer or (+)-enantiomer having an —R

10-23-2014

Norio Araki, Tokyo JP

Ryo Araki, Tokyo JP

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20090164647

INTERFACE APPARATUS, EXCHANGE APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE INTERFACE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR USE IN THE INTERFACE APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an interface apparatus includes a connector capable of connecting a plurality of SIP terminals and a SIP network to a port, a first processor which executes an exchange processing to the plurality of SIP terminals, a second processor which executes an exchange processing to the SIP network, a memory which stores a terminal ID for specifying each of the plurality of SIP terminals, and a sorting module configured to refer to a stored content of the memory based on sender identification information in a control signal relating to an exchange received by the connector, and sort the control signal to the first processor or the second processor based on a reference result of the memory.

06-25-2009

20090300107

Presence Service Provision System and Server Unit Thereof - According to one embodiment, a presence service provision system comprises terminal devices configured to be any of a discloser and a requester of presence information and a server for distributing to the requester distribution information including the presence information to be individually notified from the discloser upon occurrence of an event. The terminal devices include a notification module notifies operation information showing a user's operation posed the event to the server upon notifying the presence information. The server includes an extended information database, a generation module and a distribution module. The extended information database stores extended presence information in which the notified presence information is associated with the operation information. The generation module generates extended distribution information in which the distribution information is associated with the operation information acquired from the extended information database. The distribution module distributes the extended distribution information to the requester.

12-03-2009

20100329436

TELEPHONE EXCHANGE APPARATUS AND INCOMING CALL TRANSFER CONTROL METHOD OF THE APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a telephone exchange apparatus includes a memory and a calculation module and a controller. The memory stores data associating a caller ID specifying a caller and a recipient ID specifying a transfer operation source with frequency of transfer for each of at least one of a telephone terminal and a group to be a transfer destination. The calculation module calculates a percent of transfer from frequency of transfer in a predetermined period and store the percent of transfer for each of the caller ID in the memory. The controller refers the memory based on the caller ID and the recipient ID included in an incoming call, and performs incoming call control to at least one of a telephone terminal and a group corresponding to a transfer destination including a percent of transfer which is larger than a predetermined value based on a reference result.

12-30-2010

Patent applications by Ryo Araki, Tokyo JP

Ryoko Araki, Tokyo JP

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20090052074

Perpendicular magnetic recording media and magnetic storage apparatus using the same - Embodiments of the present invention provide a perpendicular magnetic recording media having excellent resolution, signal to noise ratio (S/N), and a small adjacent track erasure. According to one embodiment, underlayers for controlling the orientation and segregation of a magnetic layer, a magnetic layer including an oxide and an alloy of magnetic materials mainly composed of Co, Cr, and Pt, and a ferromagnetic-metal layer which does not contain oxygen, are formed over a substrate. The magnetic layer has at least two layers including ferromagnetic grains and oxides, a first magnetic layer, which is the part of the magnetic layer closer to the substrate, has grain boundaries mainly composed of Cr oxide and at least one oxide selected from Si, Ti, Nb, and Ta, and grain boundaries of a second magnetic layer at the ferromagnetic-metal layer side includes at least one oxide selected from Si, Ti, Nb, and Ta in which Cr oxide is less than the first magnetic layer.

02-26-2009

20090147403

Perpendicular magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording system - Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide a perpendicular magnetic recording medium where the signal to noise (S/N) of the media is improved. In a particular embodiment, a magnetic layer is applied to the recording magnetic layer of the recording medium in which the normalization crystal grain cluster size (Dn) is controlled so as to satisfy 1≦Dn≦1.9, where the mean value of the recording crystal grain cluster area obtained by summation of the area of neighboring grains having the same crystal orientation in both the a-axis and the c-axis of the recording layer crystal grain of the magnetic layer is normalized by the mean grain size.

06-11-2009

Ryoma Araki, Tokyo JP

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20120129612

GAME APPARATUS, GAME PROGRAM AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - [Task] The present invention aims at providing a game such that even when player uses predetermined characters for a long time to proceed the game as in the case of the RPG, there is no possibility that player may become weary of motion patterns of characters used.

05-24-2012

Ryousuke Araki, Tokyo JP

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20120092309

IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE INCLUDING IT - It is a main object of the invention to provide an image display device and an information processing device that can be incorporated in the computer main body of a notebook computer, etc., and can project an image at any desired angle when the image is projected onto a screen. To accomplish the object, the invention provides an image display device including a first unit for storing an optical system for displaying an image on a screen and a second unit for storing a control board for controlling the optical system, electrically connecting to the first unit, and holding the first unit for rotation. The first and second units are housed in a housing space formed in an information processing device. When the image is projected onto the screen, the first unit is completely exposed from the information processing device and at least a part of the second unit is stored in the information processing device. When the image is not projected onto the screen, the first unit and the second unit are stored in the information processing device.

Satoshi Araki, Tokyo JP

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20100134966

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING SWITCH FOR INPUTTING KEY DATA - An information processing apparatus includes a housing with a top surface and a rear surface, a CPU (central processing unit) provided in the housing, a keyboard placed on the top surface of the housing and including a plurality of keys which input key data to the CPU, a display unit attached to the housing rotatably between a closed position in which the display unit covers the keyboard and an open position in which the keyboard is exposed, and at least one switch provided on the rear surface of the housing and configured to input key data to the CPU.

06-03-2010

20120087076

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING SWITCH FOR INPUTTING KEY DATA - An information processing apparatus includes a housing with a top surface and a rear surface, a CPU (central processing unit) provided in the housing, a keyboard placed on the top surface of the housing and including a plurality of keys which input key data to the CPU, a display unit attached to the housing rotatably between a closed position in which the display unit covers the keyboard and an open position in which the keyboard is exposed, and at least one switch provided on the rear surface of the housing and configured to input key data to the CPU.

04-12-2012

Patent applications by Satoshi Araki, Tokyo JP

Sayaka Araki, Tokyo JP

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20100011315

INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: an operation accepting unit that accepts an instructing operation for displaying a list in which plural items classified on the basis of a predetermined rule are ordered on the basis of the predetermined rule; and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display a part of the list in accordance with the accepted instructing operation, and causes the display unit to display a classification sign display bar in which classification signs representing the predetermined rule for each classification are ordered on the basis of the predetermined rule, the display control unit controlling a display state of the classification sign display bar so that an area including classification signs corresponding to items of the plural items which are contained in the list displayed on the display unit, and an area including classification signs other than the classification signs are displayed in different modes.

01-14-2010

Shigeki Araki, Tokyo JP

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20100062089

AMELIORATING OR PROPHYLACTIC AGENT FOR METABOLIC SYNDROME, AND BEVERAGE, FOOD AND FEED EACH COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention provides an ameliorative or preventive agent for metabolic syndrome comprising a barley bran or an α-amylase-treated product thereof as an active ingredient. The present invention also provides an ameliorative or preventive agent for metabolic syndrome comprising a water-insoluble component of an α-amylase-treated product of a barley bran as an active ingredient. These are naturally derived ameliorative or preventive agents for metabolic syndrome which can inhibit the accumulation of visceral fat to ameliorate or prevent metabolic syndrome.

03-11-2010

Shigeo Araki, Tokyo JP

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20100238494

PRINTER DRIVER, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A printer driver includes a plurality of modules, an interface unit that accepts the addition of plug-in including one or more additional modules for realizing a predetermined function, and a storage unit that stores setting information that defines information related to a partial process for realizing the predetermined function of the plug-in. The plurality of modules performs a process that is the partial process for realizing the predetermined function and cannot be realized in the additional modules included in the plug-in in accordance with the setting information.

09-23-2010

20100318984

Information processing apparatus, installer program, and recording medium - An image forming apparatus includes a printer driver; a first software-identifier storage unit that stores therein a first software identifier that identifies software of a printing device, in which a second plugin for enabling the printing device to implement a feature corresponding to a feature of a first plugin to be installed in the printer driver, can be installed; an installable plugin determining unit that compares the first software identifier with the second software identifier and determines whether the second plugin can be installed in the software of the printing device; and an installing unit that installs, if it is determined that the second plugin can be installed, the first plugin in the printer driver.

12-16-2010

20110058205

Printer driver, information processing apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium recording therein printer driver - A printer driver includes: a core driver performing a constraining process to a print setting based on function information containing a constraint for the print setting and stored in a storage unit, and being enabled to accept an addition of a plug-in, wherein the core driver expands basic function information corresponding to the core driver onto a memory as information having a tree structure, when plug-in function information corresponding to the plug-in is stored in the storage unit, the core driver expands the plug-in function information on the memory as information having a tree structure, the core driver merges the information expanded from the plug-in function information into the information expanded from the basic function information, and the core driver performs the constraining process to a print setting based on a parent-and-child relation in a tree structure of the information thus merged.

03-10-2011

20130063746

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is disclosed, including: a first storage unit which stores printing setting information used in an OS, the printing setting information including identifying information and a setting value of each setting item in printing; a second storage unit which stores customizing information including identifying information and a default value of a predetermined setting item that is included in a printer driver; and an updating unit which updates a setting value of the printing setting information to the default value and identifying information of the printing setting information to identifying information of the customizing information when the identifying information included in the printing setting information and the identifying information stored in the second storage unit differ when the printing setting information read by the OS from the first storage unit is obtained.

03-14-2013

20140204421

PRINTER DRIVER, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A printer driver includes a plurality of modules, an interface unit that accepts the addition of plug-in including one or more additional modules for realizing a predetermined function, and a storage unit that stores setting information that defines information related to a partial process for realizing the predetermined function of the plug-in. The plurality of modules performs a process that is the partial process for realizing the predetermined function and cannot be realized in the additional modules included in the plug-in in accordance with the setting information.

Shinichiro Araki, Tokyo JP

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20090076763

METHOD OF DETECTING EXTRANEOUS MATTER ON HEAT PROCESSING PLATE, HEAT PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - In the present invention, a heating plate is divided into a plurality of regions. Integrated values of temperature fluctuations in each of the regions when a substrate is mounted on the heating plate in a normal state without extraneous matter are collected. A Mahalanobis reference space in the discriminant analysis method is formed based on the integrated values at normal time. During actual heat processing, an integrated value of temperature fluctuation of each of the regions when the substrate is mounted on the heating plate is then detected, so that a Mahalanobis distance about the integrated value during the processing is calculated based on the integrated value during the processing and the Mahalanobis reference space obtained in advance. Whether or not there is extraneous matter on the heating plate is determined by comparing the calculated Mahalanobis distance to a predetermined threshold value.

03-19-2009

Shinji Araki, Tokyo JP

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20090114373

HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger includes a first member and a second member. The first member is provided with a main body and a heat transfer accelerating portion formed on the main body as one unit. The second member is formed with a recess dented from a reference surface and functioning as a flow channel. The first member and the second member are joined with each other at the reference surface in a state where a part, which deviates from the recess when the first and second members are joined, of the heat transfer accelerating portion of the first member is cut off and the rest of the heat transfer accelerating portion is inserted into the recess of the second member.

05-07-2009

Shintaro Araki, Tokyo JP

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20120228741

POWER MODULE - A power module includes a first semiconductor device having a collector terminal and an emitter terminal which extend outwardly from a molded resin, wherein at least one of the collector and emitter terminals is a bilaterally extending terminal extending outwardly from two opposite surfaces of the molded resin, and a second semiconductor device having the same construction as the first semiconductor device. The bilaterally extending terminal of the first semiconductor device is connected to a bilaterally extending terminal of the second semiconductor device.

09-13-2012

Shunsuke Araki, Tokyo JP

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20120268767

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a selection section. When the information processing apparatus makes an image forming apparatus perform image formation on a presentation file including first information on a first output image and second information on a second target output image associated with the first output image based on the first information and the second information, the selection section selects a target output image on which the image formation is performed from among the second output image.

10-25-2012

Takaaki Araki, Tokyo JP

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20080306102

NOVEL SPIROOXYINDOLE COMPOUNDS AND DRUGS CONTAINING SAME - A Spiro oxindole compound represented by formula (1) of the present invention or salt thereof, or their solvate shows a superior inhibitory effect of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenasel, and is useful as an agent for preventing or treating a disease that involves 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenasel (in particular, diabetes, insulin resistance, diabetes complication, obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension, fatty liver, or metabolic syndrome).

PROCESS FOR PRODUCING OPTICALLY ACTIVE ESTER - A process for producing an optically active 2-hydroxybutyric ester (1), characterized by including reacting an optically active 2,3-epoxybutyric ester (2) with a thiol in the presence of scandium trifluoromethanesulfonate or ytterbium trifluoromethanesulfonate, to thereby produce Compound (3), and subjecting Compound (3) to desulfurization reaction:

05-07-2009

20100075943

1-ADAMANTYLAZETIDIN-2-ONE DERIVATIVES AND DRUGS CONTAINING SAME - It is to provide a novel compound useful for preventing and/or treating diseases that involves 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1, particularly diabetes, insulin resistance, diabetes complication, obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension, fatty liver, or metabolic syndrome. It is an 1-adamantyl azetidin-2-one derivative represented by the following general formula (1) or salt thereof, or their solvate.

03-25-2010

Patent applications by Takaaki Araki, Tokyo JP

Takamasa Araki, Tokyo JP

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Description

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20100302140

Operation Device - Provided is an operation device to be held by a user with one hand when used. The operation device includes: a recessed portion formed at a position at which at least one of a thumb and fingers is placed when the user holds the operation device; and a main button which is disposed at a bottom of the recessed portion and has a top surface adjacent to a rim portion forming a side surface of the recessed portion.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, OPERATION DEVICE, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an information processing apparatus, which is connected to an operation device including a magnetic sensor and an operation button used for operation input by a user, and is configured to: receive, from the operation device, a detection result of the magnetic sensor and information indicating an operation performed by the user with respect to the operation button; determine whether or not the operation button has been operated, by using the received information indicating the operation; and, when it is determined that the operation button has been operated, restrict a posture of the operation device from being identified by using the detection result of the magnetic sensor.

08-11-2011

20110239233

DISK APPARATUS - A carrying section of a disk apparatus includes a pair of arms disposed in a substantially symmetrical relationship with respect to the carrying direction of a disk in the proximity of the opposite ends of an opening formed in a housing such that the arms pivot around end portions thereof adjacent the opening in synchronism with each other in directions toward and away from each other, and a biasing element which biases the arms in a direction in which ends of the arms remote from the opening approach each other. The arms individually have rollers provided thereon which grip and carry the disk to a predetermined position. At least one of the rollers is rotated by the driving member to carry the disk. A controller includes a state decision section which decides a carrying state of the disk and a driving control section which stops, if it is decided that part of the disk is carried out to the outside of the housing, the driving of the driving means in a state wherein the rollers grip the disk. First and second disks having different diametrical sizes are available as the disk, and the distance between the rollers is smaller than the diametrical size of the second disk until the second disk contacts with the rollers.

09-29-2011

20110263329

Operating Device - Provided is an operation device which allows various kinds of operation information to be input to a main body thereof as needed without unnecessarily increasing the weight of the operation device. The operation device includes: the main body having a shape elongated from one end to another end; a light emitting member provided to the one end of the main body; and a connection portion provided to the other end of the main body, to which an arbitrary one of a plurality of other operation devices is to be connected.

10-27-2011

20110266231

CONTROLLER STAND DEVICE AND CONTROLLER STAND SYSTEM - To provide a controller stand device capable of stably standing any of two controllers having different thickness. A controller stand device has a pedestal having a support concave formed thereon, the support concave having a size large enough to accept the first controller inserted therein. The controller stand device has a support member to be pressed onto the external surface of the controller inserted in the support concave to thereby stand the controller. The support member is capable of moving between a first support position in which the support member is pressed onto the external surface of the first controller when the first controller is inserted in the support concave and a second position in which the support member is pressed onto the external surface of the second controller when the second controller is inserted in the support concave.

11-03-2011

20110316770

Operation Device - To provide an operation device for use by a user by holding in one hand, comprising a thumb operating area defined on a surface of the enclosure of the operation device, where an operation member to be operated by the user, using his/her thumb, while holding the operation device is provided; an inclination operation member including a stick part projecting from the thumb operating area, for being operated by the user by inclining the stick part, using the thumb; and an operation button provided on the surface of the enclosure in a position opposed to the thumb operating area, being capable of being pressed by the user, using another finger, in a direction intersecting a direction toward the inclination operation member.

12-29-2011

20130062233

STORING CASE FOR MEMORY CARD - Each of areas surrounded by a plurality of main holders of a first case panel faces an area surrounded by each holder of a second case panel, at least partially. Each main holder includes a wall projecting toward the second case panel to prevent separation of a memory card placed in the holder. This structure enables a storing case to stably hold a plurality of memory card without enlarging the case.

03-14-2013

20130322676

HEADPHONES - Headphones include a headband, an arm portion, a pair of headphone units that respectively retain a speaker, a hinge structure that supports the headphone unit at the arm portion, and an oscillator that vibrates the arm portion. The oscillator is contained in a transducer box and clamped and supported by the arm portion and the headband. A vibration conducting unit connects the arm portion with the headphone unit and conducts vibration of the arm portion to the headphone unit.

12-05-2013

20140235349

OPERATING DEVICE - Provided is an operation device which allows various kinds of operation information to be input to a main body thereof as needed without unnecessarily increasing the weight of the operation device. The operation device includes: the main body having a shape elongated from one end to another end; a light emitting member provided to the one end of the main body; and a connection portion provided to the other end of the main body, to which an arbitrary one of a plurality of other operation devices is to be connected.

08-21-2014

Patent applications by Takamasa Araki, Tokyo JP

Takuya Araki, Tokyo JP

DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM - A distributed processing device includes an object storage unit that stores a continuation object including at least one of plural processes constituting a task and containing data of the task that is being processed, a processing unit that executes the continuation object retrieved from the object storage unit, and a storage processing unit that stores, in an execution state file, data stored in the object storage unit.

07-25-2013

20140137127

Distributed Execution System and Distributed Program Execution Method - A distributed execution system includes an output-side pipe worker that operates on a node same as an output-side worker realized by a first distributed program, and an input-side pipe worker that operates on a node same as an input-side worker realized by a second distributed program, receives output data on the output-side worker from the output-side pipe worker, and transfers it to the input-side worker, in which the output-side pipe worker acquires, from the output-side worker, output data together with a sequence number indicating an order of the output data to be transmitted to the input-side worker, acquires a restore sequence number corresponding to an execution state of the input-side worker, compares the sequence number and the restore sequence number, and does not forward, to the input-side pipe worker, the output data acquired together with the sequence number indicating the order equal to or earlier than the restore sequence number.

05-15-2014

Patent applications by Takuya Araki, Tokyo JP

Tomohiko Araki, Tokyo JP

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20130131903

VEHICLE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The occurrence of shock and the occurrence of the feeling of losing speed can be prevented. When the clutch is engaged from the state in which the clutch is disengaged and a vehicle is being driven by only the power of an electric motor, an electric motor control unit controls the electric motor so that the torque of the electric motor is decreased at a rate determined according to the torque requested by the driver. During the period in which the torque of the electric motor is decreased at the above rate, a clutch control unit controls the engagement of the clutch so that the clutch is engaged after being set to a half-engaged clutch state in which part of the power is transmitted. The present invention is applicable to hybrid vehicles.

TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE, HYBRID VEHICLE, TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, AND C0MPUTER PROGRAM - To improve the drivability of an automobile at the time of transmission which restricts a torque of an engine, a hybrid automobile is structured which performs transmission control for performing control so that an output restriction is temporarily released in a step of restoring a torque that is reduced once in neutral at the time of transmission during the output restriction by an output restriction control unit and a torque by a motor is added to the torque of the engine.

06-20-2013

Toshihiro Araki, Tokyo JP

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20100267404

CONNECTION NETWORK AND RADIO COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - When an access process request signal for access to a connection network, from a terminal which exists in the same coverage area shared by a plurality of radio base stations, is received by one of the radio base stations, an access point base station is determined according to the resource information of the radio base stations by the connection network so as to transmit to the terminal, an access process base station modification request signal which requests that the access process request signal be transmitted to the radio base station that serves as the determined access point base station.

10-21-2010

Toshinori Araki, Tokyo JP

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20090204802

DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION GENERATOR AND RESTORING DEVICE - Check data corresponding to distributed confidential information is generated, and the confidential information and check data are distribution-coded. When the confidential information is restored, the confidential information and check data are restored and it is determined whether or not the restored check data correspond to the restored confidential information. If the data correspond to the information, the information is determined to be correct and is output. If not, the information is judged to be false (i.e., tampered distributed information), and a symbol indicating that falsity has been detected is output.

DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS, RECONSTRUCTION APPARATUS, RECONSTRUCTION RESULT VERIFICATION APPARATUS, AND SECRET INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A shared information creating device capable of detecting false alteration of shared information with high probability even if a traitor has shares the number of which is above a threshold and creating shared information whose data size is smaller than that of secret information. A recovering device, a recovery result verifying device, and a secret information sharing system, program, and method are also provided. The shared information creating device generates a polynomial F in which secret information s is embedded, outputs a shared secret information, generates a polynomial G in which the output of when a fixed value t is substituted in the polynomial F is embedded as secret information, and creates shared secret information. A recovering device receives k sets of shared secret information to generate a polynomial F′, and receives k sets of shared shared secret information to generate a polynomial G′. When the value embedded as secret information in the polynomial G′ is equal to the output of when the fixed value t is substituted in the polynomial F′, the embedded value is outputted. When they are not equal, information indicating falsification detection is outputted.

TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A transmitting apparatus generates and transmits 3t+1 or more number of codewords for a message and multiple faulty encoded message identifying data, wherein the information regarding the message may not be obtained from t or less number of encoded messages and the message can be decoded from 2t+1 or more codewords. The faulty encoded message identifying data are able to detect t or less number of faulty codewords of the message, even if there are t or less number of faulty codewords. A receiving apparatus checks whether there is no fault in each codeword for the message, using the codewords of the message and faulty encoded message identifying data for the codewords of the message received and the corresponding faulty encoded message identifying data and also checks whether the codewords decided to be non-faulty are all of the same message. The receiving apparatus, if the codewords decided to be non-faulty are all of the same message, decodes the message from the codewords decided to be non-faulty, and outputs the so decoded message and if otherwise, outputs a signal indicating failure in message reception.

01-12-2012

20130246813

DATABASE ENCRYPTION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A user apparatus connected to database apparatus via network comprises: unit that manages key information in order to encrypt and decrypt; storage unit that stores security configuration information of data and/or metadata; application response unit that determines whether or not encryption is necessary for database operation command, and if encryption is necessary, selects encryption algorithm corresponding to data and/or metadata, performs encryption, and transmits result to database control unit to cause database control unit to execute database operation, if encryption is not necessary, transmits database operation command to database control unit to cause database control unit to execute database operation, and receives processing result transmitted by database control unit, and if decryption or conversion of data and/or metadata of processing result is necessary, performs necessary decryption or conversion, and returns response to database operation command; and security configuration unit that configures security information of data stored in database.

09-19-2013

20140095889

ENCRYPTED SEARCH DATABASE DEVICE, ENCRYPTED SEARCH DATA ADDING/DELETING METHOD AND ADDING/DELETING PROGRAM - The encrypted search result adding module of the encrypted search database device includes: a search result generating unit which generates a linear list as a list of search results for newly registered document data; an initial point information generating unit which generates initial point information as address of first data corresponding to a keyword; an initial point information encrypting unit which encrypts and adds/stores generated initial point information with an encryption key; and an encrypted linear list adding unit which generates and adds/stores an encrypted linear list by encrypting the linear list with the encryption key, and stores each keyword and final point information as the address of last data in the encrypted linear list for the keyword as adding information.

04-03-2014

20140129567

SYSTEM FOR GENERATING INDEX RESISTANT AGAINST DIVULGING OF INFORMATION, INDEX GENERATION DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREFOR - In the present invention, scope search can be effectively performed in a database having encrypted registration information. A plurality of values, first identification information to identify the plurality of values, and a key are accepted as input. A value group is generated from the plurality of values. The value group is treated as a word group, and a secure index is generated from the word group, the first identification information, and the key. On the basis of a value to be retrieved and a key, trapdoor information for the value to be retrieved is generated. With respect to the generated secure index, a secure index assessment process is performed using the trapdoor information. When the value to be retrieved is assessed to be contained in the secure index as a result of the assessment process, second identification information to identify the secure index is output.

05-08-2014

20140143549

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores a tree structure formed by nodes, each of which is stores identification information identifying a document; and a registration unit that registers documents in the storage unit. The registration unit receives a document including identification information identifying the document and a word set and a key, registers the identification information in a leaf node in the tree structure, and calculates a secure index corresponding to identification information registered in each node from a root node to the leaf node in the tree structure based on the word set and the key. In addition, the registration unit generates a value calculated by adding the calculated secure index as a search index for the document and stores a value calculated by adding a search index generated for each of a plurality of received documents as a search index for the plurality of documents in the storage unit.

05-22-2014

Patent applications by Toshinori Araki, Tokyo JP

Toshiyuki Araki, Tokyo JP

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Description

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20080279405

In-The-Ear Hearing Aid - In an in-the-ear hearing aid provided with a pull-out type linear member, a housing section is provided to house a pull-out type linear member

11-13-2008

20100272702

METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING NEUROPATHIES - Methods of treating or preventing axonal degradation in neuropathic diseases in mammals are disclosed. The methods can comprise administering to the mammal an effective amount of an agent that acts by increasing sirtuin activity in diseased and/or injured neurons. The methods can also comprise administering to the mammal an effective amount of an agent that acts by increasing NAD activity in diseased and/or injured neurons. Also disclosed are methods of screening agents for treating a neuropathies and recombinant vectors for treating or preventing neuropathies.

10-28-2010

20150038560

METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING NEUROPATHIES - Methods of treating or preventing axonal degradation in neuropathic diseases in mammals are disclosed. The methods can comprise administering to the mammal an effective amount of an agent that acts by increasing sirtuin activity in diseased and/or injured neurons. The methods can also comprise administering to the mammal an effective amount of an agent that acts by increasing NAD activity in diseased and/or injured neurons. Also disclosed are methods of screening agents for treating a neuropathies and recombinant vectors for treating or preventing neuropathies.

02-05-2015

Patent applications by Toshiyuki Araki, Tokyo JP

Yasuhiro Araki, Tokyo JP

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Description

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20090067419

TRANSMISSION CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A transmission control apparatus capable of controlling the transmission of actual data from the beginning of the data transmission. Attribute information indicative of the attribute of data to be transmitted is notified by a transmission request source, which requests the transmission of the data, to a transmission request destination prior to the transmission of the data. A transmission control method (policy) for transmitting the data is established by use of a transmission quality that is required for the transmission of the data, which corresponds to the notified attribute information, in accordance with this attribute information. Then, the transmission of the data corresponding to the attribute information is controlled in accordance with the established transmission control method.

03-12-2009

Yasuko Araki, Tokyo JP

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Description

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20080292619

Pharmaceutical Composition Containing Meltrin Antagonist - Mainly concerning the pharmaceutical field, it is intended to exert an inhibitory effect on the function of meltrin α of promoting the differentiation of adipocytes by preparing a compound serving as an antagonist to meltrin α (for example, an antisense inhibiting the expression of a meltrin α gene or an anti-meltrin α antibody capable of inhibiting the physiological activity of meltrin α) and administering the same. By employing such a meltrin α antagonist as described above as the active ingredient, it becomes possible to provide a preventive/remedy which is efficacious against fatness, obesity or various diseases caused by obesity or relating thereto such as diabetes.

Yuji Araki, Tokyo JP

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20090050473

Conducting belt for use with anode holder and anode holder - A conducting belt is used with an anode holder for supplying an electric current to an anode for plating a surface of a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer. The anode and the substrate are vertically disposed so as to face each other in a plating tank of a plating apparatus. The conducting belt includes a belt capable of contacting an outer circumferential edge of the anode and holding the anode.

02-26-2009

20120043200

SUBSTRATE HOLDER AND PLATING APPARATUS - A substrate holder enables easy maintenance, especially easy replacement of seal members. The substrate holder includes a fixed holding member and a movable holding member for detachably holding a substrate by gripping a peripheral portion of the substrate therebetween, and an inner seal member and an outer seal member which are fixed to the movable holding member and which, when the substrate is held by the movable holding member and the fixed holding member, seal the connection between the movable holding member and a peripheral portion of the substrate and the connection between the movable holding member and the fixed holding member, respectively. The movable holding member includes a seal holder, and the inner seal member and the outer seal member are fixed between the seal holder and a fixing ring secured to the seal holder.

02-23-2012

20120160696

ELECTROPLATING METHOD - A substrate with a through-hole is immersed in a plating solution in a plating tank. A pair of anodes are disposed in the plating solution in the plating tank in facing relation to face and reverse sides, respectively, of the substrate in the plating solution. A plurality of plating processes are performed on the face and reverse sides by supplying pulsed currents respectively between the face side of the substrate and one of the anodes which faces the face side of the substrate, and between the reverse side of the substrate and the other anode which faces the reverse side of the substrate. A reverse electrolyzing process is performed on the face and reverse sides between adjacent plating processes by supplying currents in an opposite direction to the pulsed currents respectively between the face side of the substrate and one of the anodes, and between the reverse side of the substrate and the other anode.

06-28-2012

20130306483

PLATING APPARATUS AND PLATING SOLUTION MANAGEMENT METHOD - A plating apparatus plates a substrate with Sn alloy to form an Sn alloy film on a surface of the substrate. The apparatus includes: a plating bath for retaining a plating solution therein, the substrate being immersed in the plating solution in a position opposite to an insoluble anode; a plating solution dialysis line for extracting the plating solution from the plating bath and returning the plating solution to the plating bath; a dialysis cell provided in the plating solution dialysis line and configured to remove a free acid from the plating solution by dialysis using an anion exchange membrane; a free acid concentration analyzer; and a controller for controlling a flow rate of the plating solution flowing through the plating solution dialysis line based on the concentration of the free acid measured by the free acid concentration analyzer.

11-21-2013

20140042032

ELECTROPLATING METHOD AND ELECTROPLATING APPARATUS FOR THROUGH-HOLE - There is provided an electroplating method for a through-hole. The method includes: a first plating process, a second plating process, and a third plating process. The first plating process is a plating process of forming a metal film with a uniform thickness in the through-hole to reduce a diameter of the through-hole, the second plating process is a plating process of blocking up a central portion of the through-hole with the metal film using a PR pulsed current, and the third plating process is a plating process of completely filling the through-hole with the metal film using the plating current whose value is equal to or larger than a forward-current value of the PR pulsed current used in the second plating process.

02-13-2014

20140166492

Sn ALLOY PLATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An Sn alloy plating apparatus includes: a plating bath having a cathode chamber for holding therein an Sn alloy plating solution in which the substrate is to be immersed and an anode chamber for holding therein an anolyte containing Sn ions and an acid; an Sn anode located in the anode chamber; and an electrolytic solution supply line configured to supply an electrolytic solution containing the acid into the anode chamber such that a Sn ion concentration of the anolyte in the anode chamber is kept not less than a predetermined value and a concentration of the acid in the anolyte is kept not less than a predetermined acceptable value. The electrolytic solution supply line supplies the electrolytic solution into the anode chamber to increase an amount of the anolyte in the anode chamber and supply the anolyte into the Sn alloy plating solution by the increased amount.

06-19-2014

20140332393

Sn ALLOY PLATING APPARATUS AND Sn ALLOY PLATING METHOD - An Sn alloy plating apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plating bath configured to store an Sn alloy plating solution therein with an insoluble anode and a substrate immersed in the Sn alloy plating solution, an Sn dissolving having an anion exchange membrane therein which isolates an anode chamber, in which an Sn anode is disposed, and a cathode chamber, in which a cathode is disposed, from each other, a pure water supply structure configured to supply pure water to the anode chamber and the cathode chamber, a methanesulfonic acid solution supply structure configured to supply a methanesulfonic acid solution, containing a methanesulfonic acid, to the anode chamber and the cathode chamber, and an Sn replenisher supply structure configured to supply an Sn replenisher, produced in the anode chamber and containing Sn ions and a methanesulfonic acid, to the plating bath.

Yuta Araki, Tokyo JP

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20080204107

MOS RESISTANCE CONTROLLING DEVICE AND MOS ATTENUATOR - A MOS resistance controlling device includes: a plurality of MOS transistors having a first MOS transistor to N-th (the integer N is larger than 1) MOS transistor being serially connected, the source of the first MOS transistor being set to a first reference potential, the drain the N-th MOS transistor being set to a second reference potential, and the drain of an I-th MOS transistor being connected to the source of an I+1-th MOS transistor, where I is an integer from 1 to N−1; a current source which is electrically disposed at connection node between the drain of the N-th MOS transistors and the second reference potential; and an operational amplifier having a first input terminal being supplied with a third reference potential, a second input terminal connected with the connection node and an output terminal being connected with gates of the MOS transistors.

08-28-2008

20090042521

RADIO TRANSMITTER USING CARTESIAN LOOP - A radio transmitter including a combiner which combines input I/Q signals with feedback I/Q signals, a power amplifier which amplifies the quadrature modulated signal, a detector which detects amplitude and phase differences between the input and feedback I/Q signals, a switch to turn on and off the feedback I/Q signals, a generator to generate control signals which minimizes the amplitude difference and the phase difference, in a state where a transmission power is set, during for a period during which the switch is turned off, an amplitude adjuster which adjusts an amplitude of the feedback RF signal, during a period during which the switch is turned on, and a phase adjuster which adjusts a phase of the local signal, during the period during which the switch is turned on.

02-12-2009

Patent applications by Yuta Araki, Tokyo JP

Yutaka Araki, Tokyo JP

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20130295370

WEB ON STAMPABLE SHEET AND METHOD OF MAKING - Web containing a thermoplastic resin, reinforcing fibers and thermal expandable particles dispersed therein. The thermoplastic resin and the reinforcing fibers are uniformly dispersed in a thickness direction and the thermal expandable particles are eccentrically located toward one-side surface of the web, wherein opposite sides of the web have substantially different specific gravity and density

11-07-2013

Yuuji Araki, Tokyo JP

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20130157118

LEAD-ACID BATTERY - In a valve-regulated lead-acid battery in which charging is performed intermittently on every short time and high rate discharging to a load is performed in a partial state of charge (PSOC), a valve-regulated lead-acid battery improved for the charge acceptance and the life characteristic under PSOC than usual is provided. A positive electrode plate having a specific surface area of an active material of 5.5 m